on the classical recordings for the new company of Decca Records, where he undertook some important commissions. Among them were Rossini's La Boutique Fantasque in the Respighi orchestration, Delius's Sea Drift with Roy Henderson (who had excelled that year at the Delius Festival) and possibly assisted Basil Cameron in recording Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto with pianist Vassily Sapellnikov, who had introduced the work to England in 1902. Clifford conducted a Royal Philharmonic concert for the Society on 13 November 1930, giving Haydn's Symphony no. 88 in G, Elgar's Cello Concerto (with Antoni Sala), Rugby by Honegger and Le Poème d'Extase by Scriabin. He was also conducting for broadcast on the BBC, and in 1932 gave the first performance of E. J. Moeran's orchestral work Farrago with the BBC Orchestra (Section C) on the National Programme. During the War there are notices of Clifford conducting at the Glasgow Alhambra Theatre, for instance in May 1941 an international ballet tour with Mona Inglesby and Harold Turner, and there in November 1943 conducting two concerts by Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, the first with pianist Frederic Lamond and the second with Mark Hambourg, both with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. He was also connected with, if not certainly the first, conductor of William Walton's ballet The Quest at the New Theatre, London, with the Sadler's Wells Ballet under Ninette de Valois on 6 April 1943. His connection with ballet continued after the War, and he is found at the Cambridge Theatre in Camden in October 1951 conducting a series of ballets given by the 'Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas' for the impresario Peter Daubeny. He is well represented conducting Carousel at the New Theatre, Oxford, in April 1953 in a caricature pencil sketch by Gilbert Sommerlad in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Notes and references 1877 births 1921 deaths People educated at Ardingly College People educated at Tonbridge School Musicians from London English classical composers English conductors (music) British male conductors (music) English classical pianists Musicians from Kent 19th-century classical pianists 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century British conductors (music) 20th-century British male musicians 19th-century British male musicians